Getting your kids to eat healthily isn't always easy. Try out breakfast, lunchbox, dinner and snack tips below and they'll be eating healthier without even noticing it!

Breakfast
Lunchboxes
Dinner
Snack

 

Breakfasts

• Giving them a small glass of fruit juice helps kick start their 5-a-day.
• Porridge or whole grain cereal are high in fibre and will keep them going.
• Add raisins, dried fruit or banana to their cereal.
• Wholemeal bagels or English muffins are healthy but yummy breakfast alternatives.
• Make fruit smoothies by blending fruit, such as bananas, strawberries and blueberries, with fruit juice

 

 

Lunchboxes

• Make sandwiches more interesting for younger children by cutting them into shapes.
• Use different types of bread - such as pitta, bagels or tortillas.
• Try fillings like tuna and sweetcorn, cream cheese with cucumber, chopped chicken and coleslaw. Or try a slice of quiche or pasta salad
• As a sandwich alternative, give them a slice of home-made pizza with lots of sliced vegetables on top.
• Give them cherry tomatoes or mini carrots to snack on. Children are more likely to eat small sized food.
• An individual cheese portion makes a great lunch snack and is protein and calcium rich.

 

Dinner

• When having pizza, add a few extra vegetables on top.
• Put carrot or swede in their mashed potato.
• Put some grated cheese or a little ketchup over plain vegetables.
• Add in beans, peas and sweetcorn to pasta sauces.
• If your kids love chips, give them wedges instead - they're much lower in fat.
• Baked beans count towards their 5-a-day. Look out for the no sugar versions!

 

Snacks

• Give them crunchy raw carrots or peppers with salsa to dip them in.
• Make healthy 'crisps' with pitta bread strips. Bake them for 10 minutes, cool and serve with dips, such as hummus.
• Pretzels are also a good alternative to crisps. They taste just as good but are far better for them.
• Plain popcorn makes a yummy but healthy snack.
• Apple crumble for pudding counts as one of their 5 a day.
• Fruit salad, or fruit kebabs, can get kids eating lots of fruit without realising it.